Reconstruction:Proto-Kra/ŋlotᴰ

This Proto-Kra entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Kra

Noun

*ŋlotᴰ

1. needle

Descendants

• Lachi
  • Lachi (Tân Lợi): m⁰ lɛ⁴⁵
  • Lachi (Jinchang): nɛ³¹
• Gelao
  • Telue
    • Gelao (Niupo): lei³⁵
    • Gelao (Judu): vu³¹ lei³⁵
    • Gelao (Moji): bə³¹ ləi²⁴
  • Hakhi
    • Gelao (Zhenfeng): pie⁴²
  • Qau
    • Gelao (Dagouchang): lɑn³¹
    • Gelao (Wanzi): lian³¹
  • A'ou
    • Gelao (Bigong): ɭei³¹ ɭei³¹
    • Gelao (Hongfeng): laŋ³¹ lin¹³
    • Mulao: pə³³ lai³³
  • Vandu
    • Red Gelao: li³¹
    • Red Gelao (Vietnam): (u⁵⁵) li³¹
• Qabiao: ŋɯət⁴⁵
  • Qabiao (Phó Là): ngât²
• Laha
  • Laha (Ta Mit): mɐ³³ hɛ³³
  • Laha (Noong Lay): blɪ³³, bli²
• Buyang
  • Buyang (Langjia): ŋaːt¹¹
  • Buyang (Yalang): ka⁰ tsɛ³¹
  • Buyang (Ecun): ŋaːt⁵⁵
  • En (Nung Ven): ŋaat³³
  • Paha: pɛt³³

Note that Laha and Paha (Noong Lay) have a b- initial.

References

• Ostapirat, Weera (2000) “Proto-Kra”, in Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area‎^[1], volume 23, number 1, pages 1-251.
• Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.